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Showing 60116020 of 62240 articles for Art. L. 124-1 et seq.

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-11

The surplus from the operating section for the financial year just ended, together with the previous result carried forward, is allocated in full at the earliest budgetary decision following the appro…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Special provisions relating to the exploitation of certain unavailable works

Article L138-1

…heir collections. II. II - The provisions of this chapter do not apply to commercially unavailable sets of works if, on the basis of reasonable efforts of investigation, it is proven that these sets a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Purchasing techniques

Article L2125-1

…dures defined in this Title, use purchasing techniques to pre-select economic operators likely to meet its needs or to enable tenders to be submitted or selected in accordance with specific procedures…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Neighbourhood councils

Article LO6324-1

The territorial council determines the perimeter of each of the neighbourhoods making up the community. Each of them has a neighbourhood council, the name, composition and operating procedures of whic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-10

…Until such time as a territorial council of the order of doctors, dental surgeons or midwives is set up for Wallis and Futuna, all practitioners of the profession in question practising in this over…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions for legal entities.

Article L4741-11

When an accident at work occurs in a company where serious or repeated breaches of health and safety rules at work have been identified, the court hearing the case, which acquits the natural person(s)…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L224-25-1

…the following definitions shall apply: 1° Digital environment: any computer hardware, software and network connection used by the consumer to access or make use of digital content or a digital service…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L224-26-1

Articles L. 224-28, L. 224-29, L. 224-31, L. 224-33, L. 224-34, L. 224-40, L. 224-42 and L. 224-42-1 do not apply to interpersonal communications services not based on numbering within the meaning of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Combating the presence of lead

Article L1334-8-1

…work to remove insalubrities to carry out a lead exposure risk assessment as referred to in article L. 1334-5 in buildings used for residential purposes built before 1st January 1949.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-3-1

…to disclose the information concerning the owners of these securities either under the conditions set out in Article L. 228-2 for bearer shares, or under the conditions set out in the first paragraph…

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